Sunday, December 28, 2014

Rick Renner: Bless Those That Curse You (Example)

...So rather than get upset with the unbeliever who wrote that ugly
article, I felt instructed of the Lord to start speaking blessings into
her life. I realized that this journalist wrote that kind of article
because she was lost and needed the Lord. So what good would it do if I
allowed myself to speak curses over her life? It was time for me to rise
to the occasion by deciding to “…bless, and curse not”!

So I started blessing this woman, thanking God for her and believing God
to do something truly remarkable to make her life better and more
blessed. As it turned out, that horrible article would be the last
article of its kind about us to ever appear in that national newspaper. I
am convinced that our decision to “...bless, and curse not” caused
God’s power to be released in the spirit realm, preventing any future
negative press from being printed about us in that particular nation.

If someone has done something bad or injurious to you, I realize how
tempting it is to retaliate by saying a lot of bad things about the
offender. But in the end, this fleshly reaction won’t help anyone. You
never have to fall into this trap that causes you to be bitter and that
releases a lot of negative words and curses on those who wronged you.
You can take a redemptive approach — choose to speak only good about
those who have sought to do you harm.

If you’ll take the right approach to this hurtful situation, your
actions can release enough supernatural power to keep this type of event
from ever being replicated in the future. But if you respond wrongly,
it probably won’t be too long until you’re facing the same situation
again.